Pilgrimage As Moral and Aesthetic Formation in Augustine''s Thought

This volume examines the pilgrimage image in order to develop an unprecedented account of moral and aesthetic formation in Augustine's thought. In so doing, it will shed new light on enduring ethical debates regarding neighbourly love.

List of contents

• List of Abbreviations


• Introduction


• 1: The Plotinian Heritage of Augustine's Peregrinatio Image


• 2: Christ-Centered Peregrinatio: The Mediated Journey


• 3: Moral Formation in Christ, The Beautiful Beloved


• 4: Beauty, Morality, and The Promise of Happiness


• 5: The Body of Christ: Church as the Site of Formation


• 6: Neighbor-love, Earthly and Eschatological


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Sarah Stewart-Kroeker is Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Geneva. Prior to this position, she received her PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and held a research fellowship at the University of British Columbia.

Summary

This volume examines the pilgrimage image in order to develop an unprecedented account of moral and aesthetic formation in Augustine's thought. In so doing, it will shed new light on enduring ethical debates regarding neighbourly love.

Additional text

[I]n Pilgrimage as Moral and Aesthetic Formation, Stewart-Kroeker presents an artful and thought-provoking presentation of Augustine's moral theology under the aspect of beauty which does much to bring clarity to the relation of beauty and goodness and to neglected themes in the structure of Augustine's thought.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Stewart-Kroeker, Sarah (Assistant Professor of The Stewart-Kroeker, Sarah (Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics Stewart-Kroeker
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780198804994
• ISBN: 978-0-19-880499-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, RELIGION / Christianity / History, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, The Early Church